ORNIS. 



Vol. XIII. 



VII.— NOTES ON A COLLE(JTION OF ßlHDS FROM 

 SANDAKAN, N.E. BORNEO. 



By R. BowDLER Sharpe, LL.D., and Charles Chubb. 



The present collection was formed by Mr. P. N. Graydon in 

 the vicinity of the Lamag Estate, which is situated about 

 100 miles from Sandakan, on the Kinabatangaii River. The 

 surrounding country, Mr. Graydon teils us, is entirely clothed 

 in dense impenetrable jungle, some few thousand acres o£ which 

 have been felled for planting purposes. The altitude would not 

 be more than 200 feet above sea-level, though inland from the 

 river-banks it rises to slightly more hilly ground, to perhaps 

 from 200 to 500 feet higher. The climate is described by Mr. 

 Graydon as being very equable, being about the same tem- 

 perature all the year round, the thermometer averaging about 

 85°, and very similar to that of Singapore. 



In the determination of Mr. Graydon's collection we have 

 referred to the following papers on the ornithology of 

 Sandakan : — 



(1) Sharpe, Dr. Bowdler. — On the Birds of Sandakan, Xorth-east 



Borneo. P. Z. S. 1881, pp. 790- 800. 



(2) Nicholson, F. — On a Collection of Birds from Borneo. Ibis, 1883, 



pp. 85-90. 



(3) GuiLLEMARU, F. II. H.— Report on the Collection of Birds made 



during the Voyage of the Yacht 'Marchesa.' — Part II. Borneo 

 and the Island of Cagajan Sulu. P. Z. S. 1885, pp. 404-420;, 



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